sāṅk

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Meaning:	“community, monastery”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	saṅk
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. saṅgha- "collection or assemblage, group"
Lexeme variants:	sāṅk; sāṅ; sāṅ=

Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	sāṅk
voc
acc	sāṅk
gen	saṅkantse
loc	sāṅkne
comit	sāṅkämpa
inst
abl	saṅkameṃ
perl
all	sāṅkäśc, sāṅkiś
caus

Lexeme family

sāṅk “community, monastery” n

sg

nom sāṅk

acc sāṅk

gen saṅkantse

loc sāṅkne

comit sāṅkämpa

abl saṅkameṃ

all sāṅkäśc, sāṅkiś
- saṅkaṣṣe “pertaining to the monastery, community”
  
  sg.m
  
  nom saṅkaṣṣe
  
  acc saṅkaṣṣe

	sg
nom	sāṅk
acc	sāṅk
gen	saṅkantse
loc	sāṅkne
comit	sāṅkämpa
abl	saṅkameṃ
all	sāṅkäśc, sāṅkiś

	sg.m
nom	saṅkaṣṣe
acc	saṅkaṣṣe

Occurrences

sāṅ=

1	IOL Toch 210 a1	/// (śeśuwe)r postäṃ pañäkte	sāṅ=	kraupāte ce_u wä(ntare) ///
2	PK AS 18B a2	pañäkte klyauṣa nāksate •	sāṅ=	(k)raupäṣṣa ce śikṣapāt śānmya
3	PK AS 18B a5	paa5ñäkte klyauṣa nāksate •	sāṅ=	kraupäṣ(ṣa) ce śikṣapāt śānmya
4	PK AS 18B b2	• pañäkte klyauṣa nāksate	sāṅ=	kraupäṣṣa ce śikṣapāt śānmya
5	PK AS 18B b4	pañäkte klyauṣa nāksate •	sāṅ=	kraupäṣṣa ce śikṣapāt śānm(ya)

sāṅk

1	IOL Toch 76 b5	śa° b5 /// °dveṃññeṣṣe	sāṅk	piś känte orotse cäm(p)ab6(mñe)
2	IOL Toch 92 b2	saim yamaskem(a)r b2 ///	(sāṅ)k	saim yāmu • upāsakeṃ
3	IOL Toch 175 a2	a2 /// s(aṃ)ghavaraṃ :	sāṅk	śpālmeṃ : āry· ·ṛ
4	IOL Toch 209 b1	ṣeske cämpalle /// b1	sāṅk	wī pake(ñc) /// b2
5	IOL Toch 209 b4	śaula° /// b4 ///	sāṅk	– ///
6	IOL Toch 246 b3	nauṣ tsaṅka(lyñe)b3sa postäṃ śinmalyñesa	sāṅk	miyiṣṣäṃ pāyti 80-1 se
7	IOL Toch 495.a b2	s· /// b2 ///	sāṅk	mī – /// b3
8	IOL Toch 776 a1	a1 /// (yamaske)m(a)r	sāṅk	s(ai)m /// a2 ///
9	IOL Toch 776 a2	a2 /// (saim) yāmu	sāṅk	saim yā(mu) /// a3
10	IOL Toch 897 a2	/// a2 /// ·w·	sāṅk	e° /// a3 ///
11	Kizil WD-I-a9 a1	oroce kemesa awaṃntañai 1	sāṅk	śāwa pañcwari{ke} ṣamāne dharmamitre
12	Kizil WD-I-a13 a1	(oro)c(c)e k(e)mesa awaṃntañai 1	sāṅk	śāwa pañcwarike ṣamāne jñāṇavire
13	Kizil WD-I-a15 a1	a1 /// – – – – – – – – – –	sāṅ(k)	śāwa mokṣacaṃnd(r)e ly(āka)
14	Kizil Wood 2 a1	(oro)c(c)e k(e)mesa awaṃtañai 1	sāṅk	śāwa pañcwarike ṣamāne jñāṇavire
15	PK AS 18A a1	(pa)a1ñäkte	sāṅk	kraupäṣṣa śikṣap(āt) ś(ā)nmya k_use
16	PK AS 18A a3	p(a)reṃ pañäkte klyauṣa nāksate	sāṅ(k)	kraupäṣṣa śikṣapāt śānmya •
17	PK AS 18A a5	mäntañyenträ pañäkte klyauṣa nāksate	sāṅk	kraupäṣṣa śikṣapāt śānmya •
18	PK AS 18A b4	• pañäkte klyauṣa nāksate	sāṅk	kraupäṣṣa śikṣapāt śānmya •
19	PK DA M 507.32 a1	käṣṣiñiś samantatirne wsaṣeñca ysomo	sāṅk	yirṣalñe maskeṃntär a2 ñakta
20	PK DA M 507.32 a1	samantatirne wsaṣeñca ysomo	sāṅk	yirṣalñe maskeṃntär a2 ñakta
21	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b3	b3 pelaikne saim yamaskemar	sāṅk	yama(skemar) (tritesa) (ñ)iś{†ä} te-ñemtsa
22	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b4	yāmu pelaikne saim yāmu	(sāṅk)	(saim) (yāmu) (kom) (tä)ktsi
23	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b3	b3 pelaikne saim yamaskemar	sāṅk	yama(skemar) (tritesa) (ñ)iś{†ä} te-ñemtsa
24	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b4	yāmu pelaikne saim yāmu	(sāṅk)	(saim) (yāmu) (kom) (tä)ktsi
25	PK LC 1 a2	lānti yakw(e) /// (wsa)a2ṣeñca	sāṅk	prāśnikeṃ aśari jñānasome
26	PK LC 39 a3	wratsai empreṃ poñe	sāṅk	kā ///
27	PK NS 68 b1	• pañä(kte) (klyauṣa) (nāksate)	(sāṅk)	(kraupäṣṣä) (ce) (śikṣapāt) (śānmya)
28	PK NS 69 a2	ñ· /// a2 te	sāṅk	kraupäṣṣa ce śä(kṣapāt) ///
29	PK NS 69 a4	/// a4 klyauṣa nāksate	sāṅk	kraupä(ṣṣa) /// b1 ॥
30	PK NS 70 a2	palsko śa(r)s(a) /// a2	sāṅk	kraupäṣṣa ce śäkṣ(apāt) ///
31	PK NS 72 a1	a1 /// (pañäkte) (klyau)ṣa	sāṅk	kraupäṣṣa ce śä(kṣapāt) (śānmya)
32	PK NS 72 b3	b3 /// (pañäkte) (klyauṣa)	(sāṅk)	(krau)päṣṣa ce śäkṣap(āt) (śānmya)
33	PK NS 74 a4	ly(kārme) /// (klyauṣa) (nāksate)	(sāṅk)	(kraupäṣṣa) (ce) (śikṣapāt) a5
34	PK NS 74 b1	p(a)ñäkte śwātsiś kakāte eṣe	sāṅk	u(panande) /// b2 ///
35	PK NS 74 b2	• pañäkte klyau(ṣa) (nāksate)	(sāṅk)	(kraupäṣṣa) (ce) (śikṣapāt) (śānmya)
36	PK NS 74 b3	(nauṣ) (tsaṅka)lyñesa postäṃ śinmalñesa	sā(ṅk)	(miyiṣṣäṃ) /// b4 ///
37	SI 1877 a1	pikulne ñuñce śwer meñantsene	sāṅk	śānta keś a2 tessa
38	THT 36 a5	w(n)ol(m)e /// a5 kaṃ	sāṅk	samāgrä o(t) ñ(i)ś tä
39	THT 108 b2	saswe ; jaṭilñe ;	sāṅk	päs wāya • – – – –
40	THT 400 a1	– m· – nto	sāṅk	weñāwa klaina taisa śalla
41	THT 1113 a2	star-c • kr_ui ysomo	s(āṅ)k	/// /// ka wasanpāt
42	THT 1113 a5	yaśentsa • kauc ñiś	sāṅk	pannoy yātäṣṣi b1
43	THT 1113 b1	ñi	sāṅk	wasanpāt āñmālāṣälyñe(sa) /// ///
44	THT 1113 b1	/// ॥ w(är)pāte-c klyomo	sāṅk	täṅwañeñcai palskob2sa ām lmorsa
45	THT 1114 b4	poñ ॥ klyauṣi aṣ(an)ī(k)e	sā(ṅk)	se yaśakāme yaśentse wasanpāt
46	THT 1115 a2	arahante kāwälye	sāṅk	wī p(a)k(e) (y)y(amal)yñ(e) (mamāntau)
47	THT 1574 a1	a1 – ṣkunekeṣṣe	sāṅk	nāriṃ tsyāṅkuneś yärṣalñe yamasträ
48	THT 1574 a2	– /// a2 (ña)ke	sāṅk	tsamo ste śale amokäcci
49	THT 1683 a4	a4 kurpelle • su	sāṅk	po krentauna – ///
50	THT 2703a a1	a1 pälekne śle	sāṅk	/// a2 klese śwāra
51	THT 2716 a5	(m)eñan(ts)ene traiyaṣṣe tāka śle	sāṅ(k)	/// a6 (pa)l(a)kwantene ṣaṅk

sāṅ

1	IOL Toch 247 a1	• śeśuwer postäṃ pañäkte	sāṅ	kraupāte • ce_u wäntare
2	IOL Toch 247 b4	yamaṣṣiträ • pañäkte klyauṣa	sāṅ	kraupāte • ce śikṣapāt
3	PK NS 59 a3	(ṣallāre) /// a3 ///	s(ā)ṅ	kraupäṣṣa śi(kṣapāt) (śānmya) ///
4	PK NS 60 a2	/// (pañäkte) (klyauṣa) (nāksate)	(sāṅ)	(kraupäṣṣa) (ce) (śi)pāt śānmya
5	PK NS 60 b4	/// (pañäkte) (klyauṣa) nāksate	sāṅ	kraupäṣṣ(a) (ce) (śikṣapāt) (śānmya)
6	PK NS 61 a4	/// (pañäkte) (klyauṣa) (nā)ksate	sāṅ	krau(päṣṣa) (ce) (śikṣapāt) (śānmya)
7	PK NS 61 b3	/// (pañäkte) (klyau)ṣa nāksate	sā(ṅ)	kr(aupäṣṣa) (ce) (śikṣapāt) (śānmya)